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    Carrot fly

    Hi, I did a stupid thing and made a 'roots' bed out of one of my raised beds and sowed carrots and Parsnips next to eachother. Never grown parsnips before and they have gone crazy with huge foliage. Thing is, I covered the whole bed with fine mesh over plastic hoops to stop the carrot fly. The parsnip stems are so big they are bending and snapping against the mesh. So would it be safe to remove the mesh now or is there still a danger from the carrot fly? The carrots are coming on nicely, about 1 foot tall.
    Thanks a lot
    Last edited by redser; 06-07-2012, 02:29 PM.
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    Hopefully this weather has drowned 'em ..........
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    • #3
      how lucky you are to have carrotts,am green with envy,mine are playing silly games this year,and the parsnips,it must be warmer where you are,remember me when you start to eat them lol,nothing better,
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      • #4
        I think you'll have to take off the mesh redser, to stop your parsnip foliage snapping. You could always put it around the perimeter of the bed instead of over the top IYKWIM?
        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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        • #5
          Thanks for the replies. Yip, know what you mean, I'll do that.
          I chitted the parsnips and did the loo roll trick. A bit fiddly but is working a charm. Don't know about the carrots, just got lucky I think with timing. Have an old glass shower screen and put that over the bed when I sowed the seeds. Maybe that helped?
          Cheers

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          • #6
            I've tried 4 sowings with parsnips this year and nothing's happened, including one lot that were chitted. I've a feeling it's those pesky snugs again ....
            Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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            • #7
              Take the mesh off, and put a taller one on. Even mesh doesn't stop those carrot flies; so you are best off keeping them as meshed as possible. They can smell the foliage even if damaged by rain.

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              • #8
                Ok thanks. I dont have the material for higher hoops or timber even for a frame. As it is the hoops are 3 foot high at the middle. I can't believe how high the foliage is getting. My spuds are the same, it's a forest. I'm going to mulch around the carrots with grass clippings and hope for the best. Lesson learned for next year

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                • #9
                  You don't eat the leaves.............and you wont be able to eat roots if they are rotten.

                  Thin out and bend leaves down along the row, peg down neatly.....so your carrots aren't crowded out and the net still fits over......simples
                  Last edited by Paulottie; 07-07-2012, 06:27 AM.

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                  • #10
                    I should be able to harvest some carrots in next few days...they were sown in April when we had a nice spell of weather (anyone remember?) They were covered with enviromesh. There is strong growth on top so hopefully some decent return below too..I never really thin them out tho, so may affect their size..we'll see...
                    My parsnips that were sown in modules and then planted out are very lush in foliage too, but have never been covered, so hope they OK.....
                    I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


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